2013-08-06 21:54![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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chatham_t_riversThe Obama Administration is seeking to make illegal streaming a felony.
Let me make one thing clear: I both stream AND buy content. If there's content that's not available via legal channels, I will download a remix, or a fan rendition--I will not download the original unless it is the ONLY way that I can get the works. Even then, I only do it for foreign goods I CANNOT get otherwise--Japanese songs not available on iTunes or Amazon.com, for example. I'd also like to note that there are certain specials/OVAs to series I watch--like Dragon Ball Z--that have not been brought to the states. Online streaming is the only way to watch these. And if I had the money, I'd buy Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt in a heartbeat--and I plan to once I have enough cash scrounged up.
But even then, I acknowledge I'm breaking the law. So why my concern?
Because this might extend to fanworks and online reviewing as well.
Remixes, Abridged Series, and parodies might get sniped by this. Depending on the wording, this might leave a written law ripe for abuse, even within Fair Use. This might stifle fan creativity.
That's enough to cause me concern.
I'll see if I can keep an eye on this and watch how it develops.
Let me make one thing clear: I both stream AND buy content. If there's content that's not available via legal channels, I will download a remix, or a fan rendition--I will not download the original unless it is the ONLY way that I can get the works. Even then, I only do it for foreign goods I CANNOT get otherwise--Japanese songs not available on iTunes or Amazon.com, for example. I'd also like to note that there are certain specials/OVAs to series I watch--like Dragon Ball Z--that have not been brought to the states. Online streaming is the only way to watch these. And if I had the money, I'd buy Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt in a heartbeat--and I plan to once I have enough cash scrounged up.
But even then, I acknowledge I'm breaking the law. So why my concern?
Because this might extend to fanworks and online reviewing as well.
Remixes, Abridged Series, and parodies might get sniped by this. Depending on the wording, this might leave a written law ripe for abuse, even within Fair Use. This might stifle fan creativity.
That's enough to cause me concern.
I'll see if I can keep an eye on this and watch how it develops.
